Sanitary odorless toilet



' 1,629,401 May 17| 1927' J, H. MCCALL SANITARY ODORLESS TOILET Filed Deo. 19', 192s 2 Smets-sheet 1 andina! May 17 1927" J. H. MccAi- L SANITARY ODORLES S TOILET Filed Dee. 19, 1925A 2 sheets-shewv 2 fa/nesHNffm duniped,`which usually occurs while the car` Patented May i7, i927.

entre stares Jai/ins n. Mecaiir., OF'HUNTINGDON, TENNESSEE.'

i,ezaioif PATENT ortica.

4 SANITARY ODORLESS TOILET.'

Application filed December 19, 1923. SerialNo. 681,613.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a novel and improved toilet for railroad cars or other passenger vehicles which is sanitary and also odorless.

Toiletsof the kind now in igeneral usel on railway cars are subject to the objections that they are insanitary and they are odorous. ln use, it is found that particles of eXci'et-a deposit and accumulate on the lower portion or edge of the toilet pipe, this occur.-

ring particularly when there is a shortage' of flushing water, and when Ithe toilet -is is in motion', the pivoted cup which normally closes the lower end of the toilet pipe, swingsl downwardly into a position whichcauses a` which obviates' these object-ions, it being so constructed th at no upward airvdraft through the toilet pipe can take place, and hence neither bacteria'fnor odors can be blown into the toilet compartment or into the ca r.

To these and other ends, the invention consists lin certain improvements and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the features of novelty being pointed out particularly in the claims at tlie end of the specifica-l tion.

.ln the accompanying drawings Figure l is a side elevation of a sanitary toilet constructed in accordance -with the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 represents, on an enlarged scale, a vertical section through a portion of the toilet discharge pipe'showing the lower cup in closed position; i

Figure 3 represents a top plan ofthe structure shown in Figure 2;'

Figure 4 shows in elevationv the double cupoperatiiig means in an intermediate positiem-'at which time both cups are closed;

Figure 5 is a vview"simi lar to Figure et,

but 'showing the cup operating means lfully actuated into di'nnpingvpos'ition, at *which4 time the upper cup is open and the lower cup is closed; and Figure G'represents a line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Similar parts are designated by'. thesame reference characters inthe several views..

The present invention is applicable generally to toilets of the kinds suitable for use on detail section on the railway passenger cars Vorcoaches, passenger.

airships and in:l 'similar'situations `where strong air4 currentsfare fpresent .orfare induced. lThe preferred embodiment of the-invention isy shown in the accompanying drawings and will be hereinafter. described .ini de-v tail, but :it' is tobeunderstood thatfthe invention is `not restricted tothe precise"construction shown, as equivalent :constructions are contemplated and such willA be .included within the scope ofthe claims` In the present instance, 1- .designates `the bowl ofl a.- toilet 'havingiits outlet ,-2 connected preferably tov a discharge pipe, the latter being of suitablel length ,to suit any particulark installation. Accord-ing to the present invention, upper tand-lower. cups 4 and 5 areprovid'ed,,whicharearranged one above. the other. and are operative 'to so ,-control the .toilet pipe that .when foneof these cups isfin open position, thefother cupk will be in completely closed position.'.;.;Prefer.

ably and as shown .in the present instance, means is provided `for automatically actuating and controlling thecups so 4that' lthe upper cupwill be normally closediand the lower cup normally open, and l.when the mechanism is -actuated .into'fdumping position the lower cup is moved into fully closed position, while the upper cup remains closed, whereupon the uppercup moves into open position Whilejthe lowerwcup remains in closedposition; and thereturn movement of the actuating mechanism first causes thev upper cup to. closdduring, the 4period thelower cuplreinainsl closed, whereuponrfurther return lmovement -ofv the actuating iiiechanisincauses the lower cup to open, during `whichperiod the uppercup remains closed. Different forms of mechanism may be employed for accomplishingy these results. As shown in the present instance, the upper cup is iiXed to ashaft f'wliich issuitably mounted rotatably in the wall of thetoilet pipe'2 and; extends .outside-thereof,and the lower cup' l5 is fixed'toa shaft 7 which may be i-otatablyinounted; on f the lower end of the pipe-lf2l or .in the discharge pipe\3. this shaft :ilsohextending to the outside" of the" pipe 3, the mountings of the oups being` sueh that they may swing tonnel 'from closedv position about the shitsd'niid?, re's'peetively, as axes. In the presentfinstnnce. eel-I tuating and Controlling eains'geiid 9 :ire

iixed on the outer. ends ot'therespeetive shafts 6 and 7. The cam 8 has :in nigularly 'oiset ,onlin s101118@ therein';y ins .which pin -10 carried by a reciprocatoryr'rodl 11 openales",. the! eem: ,slotif being. fsubstantifnlly nlined With the direction'ormovenient of the rodi rliln: While thel 'cup-V4 is in" closed positior-ffthis beingfthe position of the cup| il:v duningl ai part/ef the1 reeiproezrtion' of; the rod andstlie'uppenenclrof.the? slot has n latenallyf otfseti-.porti'onf SF-Whioh is adapted of! swinging movement of? the'ermi 18' oli the- 81.2{11'011 its? islot,'iieu-feeptljthat theseV Canis" zure' f'sedr im :reltivelyf reverse positions `on the shafts ol the'fnrespeetilve'- oups; A' pin or projection? 12110111 the 10W-er end' offri' rodr 13 operates inthe ezinijfslotaf the rod" 12 be'- ing;I inountedf'to reciprocate through" n reletiwely'xed'fguidef or sleeve 14, Vnndj -theupper abley supportg-andr ther upperf. endf off this rod'.

the! latter-1- -beingf pivotally mounted at 2O on Wall or other"suittblerspporh' Means is also preferably provided -fbrI limiting. the range' ollmovementojfthe lever1=9, :ubrn'eket 21"l beingi providedf-foh thisy purpose 'in' the present instuh'cefiwhioh' has limiti stops 22" Theinod'eoffope'r'tion o'f" thedvice is asi followvsz Normll the v'leverv 119, the upper and lower' cups;L and; the,g zoperatin'pf. mecha-- oecipy tliepsition sho1v11fin.Figure1', the upper cup 4 being then closed and the neeefioi lower fcup 5 open-1A lNhen'the handle of the leverrll is depressed into'dumpingpsition, the rod 11 is pulled upwardly, the first part oll th'e"upvvni*d` movementof the rod il causes the pin i() attached thereto to move idly upivirdly in the eem slot 8 for the 'upper eupv Liz-,f so tmttliis upper oup remains in Closed position, but during this initial partofI the upivaid movement of the rod- 117 the-pin"l-on-,theprod lf3 ivhieh also moves uinwvzirdlyy ivithftlie rod 11 nets onthe cam 9 of the lower eupg yt'o siving: the logveneup into e'losed positions so thntivhenthe liever 19y reaches about the middleof; its-swing,v bothupper and lower oupswillbe i-nyelosedf posit-ion,V vthe pants being shown in this position inl Figure 1.

niento' tlielever eoi'iti-niles, the, l2 of the rod-lf3 will travel inthe portioniof the' tion of movementvofth'e rod 13,: sbfthatf the"v time the `upper cup ywill be openV andthe" lorv'er eup closedtgheA parts being shown this positionin Figure] `Release 4vof the lever 1=9enebles the springel to restore 'the-' eupgo-perzi-ting nieeha'iiisn'i` to its initial or noi-nml positiointherlirstgpartoff tlie '.restorl. ing motion; of the ii'iechzrnisxnl eausinghthe upper cup-l te; el'oseivwhile the lower eup '5 remains elosellnndthe continuedrestoring,

movement -oi the operatingmeehjnnism eaus-n ing thelowerl cupvvv to'y open.. Whilet'lie upper eup 4l renin-ins elosedL; the voups being;g norj mfillyI heldinithis; posifffionbyV the Spring@I 24. d By'ope-rnt-ing. the eupsinwthenmnner ldef soilibed'5 it will beA understood thzitfno pas;

sngeway islet-tf; ,zit any tinie'fi'opv dratt of nir. upwardly; through thetoiletrpipe, ind hence bacteria. or Ao dois dengerousito the' health e'an not be blown into the toilet' com pertinent or any votherpnrt of the cartier vehicle..4 Thusrwvhenthe'upper cup orvirlve is opene'dgbo dump Ithe exeretawthe lovvl-iflcup'` orvrlve is; :tullyelosedvend when -the low-verf eup orjvzil-veis openedto discharge tlieexeretagtheupper cup' or valve is ullyelosed, neither cup or' valve eonnneneingv its; opening movement until the other cupor valvey hns assumed itsfully elosed position.

1i. In e-` toilet having. af pair olldpivoted` oups` controlling. the outlet-thereoffmeans for operating se-idoupsi Whereby'one cup is closed' after which theother cup Visfvopened, comprising -cannedconnected` to 'the' respectivet oups,- and a pivotallyf'j ointedl rodi means for individually guiding the sections to recipro- As the dumping move-H.

cate longitudinally, said rod sections being provided with projections which cooperate individually With the respective Canis.

2. In a toilet having a pair of pivot-ed cups controlling the outlet thereof, means 10 sections, means for individually guiding said sections to reciprocate longitudinally, said sections carrying projections which cooperate with the respective earns, and a link pivotally connecting the sections of the rod and permitting angular movement of one of the sections of the rod relatively to the adjacent section thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set iny hand.

JAMES H. MCCALL. 

